tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7427373313933145276..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Hypothesis DashedAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44355044605714760782022-11-08T17:49:08.734-05:002022-11-08T17:49:08.734-05:00According to wikipedia:
In 1824 Sir Walter Scott u...According to wikipedia:<br />In 1824 Sir Walter Scott used the phrase "Tell it to the Marines – the sailors won't believe it" in his novel Redgauntlet.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-4096308756145513552022-11-08T17:39:16.597-05:002022-11-08T17:39:16.597-05:00The numbers fluctuate depending on wartime and rec...The numbers fluctuate depending on wartime and recruitment needs, but in general it 90 for Army, 91 USMC, 93 Navy and Coast Guard, 95 USAF. Obviously, officer corps are different, and if you want to be in many specialties your AFQT is going to be higher than that minimum. 90-110 is considered average intelligence.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-38388686672904255902022-11-08T17:24:43.397-05:002022-11-08T17:24:43.397-05:00I say this not to disparage the Corps, but just to...I say this not to disparage the Corps, but just to relay the stereotype as it reached me.Ganzirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846299071370650169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-62805382435740225132022-11-08T17:24:18.737-05:002022-11-08T17:24:18.737-05:00"Yes, one needs an IQ of 90 to get into the U..."Yes, one needs an IQ of 90 to get into the USMC"<br /><br />I thought the reputation of Marines is that they're not so bright.Ganzirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846299071370650169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-26933048710145192592022-11-07T09:08:21.956-05:002022-11-07T09:08:21.956-05:00Discusion at Twitter: Is it true that Successful P...Discusion at Twitter: Is it true that Successful People = Boring People?<br /><br />https://twitter.com/KTmBoyle/status/1588911438705217536David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83789618487435486202022-11-06T18:48:14.356-05:002022-11-06T18:48:14.356-05:00People do have trouble understanding even a two-fa...<b>People do have trouble understanding even a two-factor model when it goes against their priors, and they immediately accuse one of claiming that those other things don't matter at all.</b>Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1549142952822342862022-11-06T10:35:18.456-05:002022-11-06T10:35:18.456-05:00Interesting that the original post uses basketball...Interesting that the original post uses basketball as an example, where height, hand size, and reflexes are at a premium. That is not to say there is no intelligence involved in basketball, but g will probably not correlate as well for basketball as for many other fields. <br /><br /><b>Hambrick</b>: <i>One important point to make here is that G is far from perfect as a predictor of job performance or any other outcome, so there’s value in searching for additional predictors. </i><br /><br /><b>Hambrick</b>: <i>The average correlation across a wide range of jobs between G and performance is about 0.5, somewhere in the neighborhood of 0.5.</i><br /><br />About half, so, g is not destiny. <br /><br /><b>Hambrick</b>: <i>it’s possible that an individual can, in a sense, defy that trend and reach a high level of performance in becoming a helicopter pilot or something through just doggedness.</i><br /><br />Doggedness is often a factor in success. <br /><br /><b>Hambrick</b>: <i>Well, and I would just add that they’re {high-IQ nonconformists} probably not going to enlist in the first place.</i><br /><br />Hambrick uses military testing as the basis for most of his findings. But this group is self-selected. A non-conformist may not do well in the military regardless of g, and will be less likely to be included in Hambrick's stats. Presumably, non-conformists would do poorly in the infantry regardless of g, suggesting the actual correlation with success is lower than its measured value. Non-conformists may do better in certain fields of art or design, but success in art can be very subjective and subject to popular trends. <br /><br /><b>Hambrick</b>: <i>They stipulate that full concentration is necessary for deliberate practice. Well, how do you know whether somebody is concentrating fully? Can anybody ever concentrate fully on something? Does that mean that 100% of your attentional resources… How would you ever know that?</i><br /><br />This misunderstands deliberate practice. It's a specific type of practice that breaks complex tasks down into simple components. A piano player may practice the thumb cross. A baseball player may repeatedly practice swinging low and wide. A chess player may practice knight and pawn endgames.<br /><br /><b>Hambrick</b>: <i>We can make predictions about what individuals can do, but it’s possible that an individual can, in a sense, defy that trend and reach a high level of performance </i><br /><br />So, g is not destiny.Zachrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081260898264733380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-77138885054458519572022-11-05T16:20:22.740-04:002022-11-05T16:20:22.740-04:00Generalized sales ability but difficult to measure...Generalized sales ability but difficult to measure...one factor here is that there are so many different ways to be a great salesman. The extraverted-loudmouth stereotype doesn't always apply.<br /><br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-17887356306214858082022-11-05T16:18:45.606-04:002022-11-05T16:18:45.606-04:00Since g doesn't explain everything, we want to...Since g doesn't explain everything, we want to look for g' that explains the rest. Maybe it's a combination of things that have to work together. Maybe Brady was good-but-not-great until he played alongside some guys who used some practice he needed.<br /><br />I know luck plays a little role (which they don't deny, of course). I remember a math class I took. I was having trouble remembering which orthogonal function was which and why, but the prof's oral exam question was about the gamma function. I'd been fascinated with it and playing around with it on my own for a month, and had obscure facets of it on the tip of my tongue. That was the one question from the course that I could really ace. I wouldn't have failed with a different question, but I looked a little better than I really was.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-20899318922063424422022-11-05T16:13:26.359-04:002022-11-05T16:13:26.359-04:00So maybe Hedy Lamarr's high intelligence had s...So maybe Hedy Lamarr's high intelligence had something to do with her success as an actress, as well as with her inventing activities?David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com